Link Centre Dictionary

battleful

batt·le·ful

uncommon

adjective

1.

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

  • “bellicose young officers”
  • “a combative impulse”
  • “a contentious nature”

Origin

From Middle English bateilfuller (comparative); equivalent to battle + -ful.

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.